Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Abella

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This is a list of all the reasons written by Rosalie Abella during her tenure as puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

[edit] 2005

Rosalie Abella 2005 statistics
6
Majority or Plurality
0
Concurrence
0
Other
4
Dissent
0
Concurrence/dissent Total = 10
Written opinions = ? Oral opinions = ? Unanimous decisions = ?
Case name Issue Co-authored by Joined by
R. v. Grandinetti
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 27; 2005 SCC 5 [1]
Admissibility of confessions None Unanimous


Tsiaprailis v. Canada
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 113; 2005 SCC 8 [2]
Taxation; disabled None Major and LeBel JJ.
Nova Scotia (Minister of Health) v. J.J.
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 177; 2005 SCC 12 [3]
Family services; adult care None Unanimous


Fédération des producteurs de volailles du Québec v. Pelland
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 292; 2005 SCC 20 [4]
Federalism; provincial chicken market scheme None Unanimous


Prebushewski v. Dodge City Auto (1984) Ltd.
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 649; 2005 SCC 28 [5]
Consumer protection None Unanimous


R. v. G.R.
[2005] 2 S.C.R. 371; 2005 SCC 45 [6]
Incest None Bastarache, LeBel and Deschamps JJ.


R. v. Turcotte
[2005] 2 S.C.R. 519, 2005 SCC 50[7]
Common law right to silence None Unanimous


Hilewitz v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration); De Jong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
[2005] 2 S.C.R. 706; 2005 SCC 57 [8]
Inadmissible due to health reasons, burden on social services None McLachlin C.J. and Major, Bastarache, Binnie, Fish and Charron JJ.


E.B. v. Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia
[2005] 3 S.C.R. 45; 2005 SCC 60 [9]
Vicarious liability; employment law None None


R. v. R.C.
[2005] 3 S.C.R. 99; 2005 SCC 61 [10]
Forsensic DNA None LeBel and Charron JJ.

[edit] 2006

Rosalie Abella 2006 statistics
4
Majority or Plurality
2
Concurrence
0
Other
1
Dissent
0
Concurrence/dissent Total = 7
Written opinions = 7 Oral opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions = 1
Case name Issue Co-Authored by Joined by


Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Canadian Airlines International Ltd.
[2006] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2006 SCC 1 [11]
Statutory interpretation; discrimiation for unequal wages LeBel J. McLachlin C.J. Bastarache, Binnie, Fish, Charron JJ.


Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys
1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 6 [12]
prohibiting religious weapons in school; freedom of religion Deschamps J. None


Tranchemontagne v. Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program)
1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 14 [13]
Jurisdiction of Human Rights Tribunals None LeBel and Deschamps JJ.


R. v. Gagnon
_ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 17 [14]
Sufficiency of reasons given by trial judge Bastarache J. LeBel J.


Fidler v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
2006 SCC 30 [15]
Damages for breach of contract McLachlin C.J. Unanimous


GMAC Commercial Credit Corporation - Canada v. T.C.T. Logistics Inc.
2006 SCC 35 [16]
Bankruptcy None McLachlin C.J., Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel, Fish, Charron JJ.


D.B.S. v. S.R.G.; L.J.W. v. T.A.R.; Henry v. Henry; Hiemstra v. Hiemstra
2006 SCC 37 [17]
Retroactive child support None Fish and Charron J.

* Note: This table is complete up until September 16, 2006

Notable cases by era:

Richards through Fauteux Court (1875 - 1973)
Laskin Court (1973 - 1984) | Dickson Court (1984 - 1990)
Lamer Court (1990 - 2000) | McLachlin Court (2000 - present)

Reasons by year:

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Reasons by Justice:

Current: McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
Past: Lamer L'Heureux-Dubé Cory Gonthier Iacobucci Major Arbour

Cases and Reasons by judgment type:

Oral reasons | "By the Court" reasons